Dutch National Opera toasts its 50th birthday

Par Jenny Camilleri, 07 novembre 2015

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Critique faite à Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, le 6 novembre 2015

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (Les Noces de Figaro), K492: Hai già vinta la causa!

Strauss R., Morgen! Op.27 no.4

Dun, Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds

Wagner, La Walkyrie (Die Walküre): La Chevauchée des Walkyries

Puccini, Crisantemi

Wagner, Tannhäuser: Entrée des invités

Borodine, Prince Igor: Danses polovtsiennes

Rameau, Platée: Aux langueurs d'Apollon (Air de la folie)

Britten, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61: Bottom's Dream

Bizet, Carmen: Les voici! voici la quadrille des Toreros!

Verdi, La Traviata : Parigi, o cara

Verdi, Don Carlo: O don fatale

Wagner, Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle

Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana: Voi lo sapete, o mamma

Verdi, Falstaff: Tutto nel mondo è burla

Dutch National Opera

Marc Albrecht, Direction

Tan Dun, Direction

Robert Carsen, Mise en scène

Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Chœur du Dutch National Opera

Orchestre de Chambre des Pays-Bas

Eva-Maria Westbroek, Soprano

Violeta Urmana, Soprano

Adrianne Pieczonka, Soprano

Peter Rose, Basse

Sabine Devieilhe, Soprano

Eleonora Buratto, Soprano

Thomas Oliemans, Baryton

Lenneke Ruiten, Soprano

Judith van Wanroij, Soprano

André Morsch, Baryton

Roger Smeets, Basse

Giovanni Battista Parodi, Basse

Paolo Fanale, Ténor

Marcel Beekman, Ténor

Florieke Beelen, Mezzo-soprano

Yvonne Naef, Mezzo-soprano

Dennis Wilgenhof, Basse

Peter Hoare, Ténor

Igone de Jongh, Danse

Krzysztof Pastor, Chorégraphie

Weinberg’s The Passenger at Dutch National Opera

Clare Varney, 17th April

Tobias Kratzer's 2024 Munich production makes its way to Amsterdam, proving that Weinberg's opera has the power to transfix.

****1

Dutch National Ballet's reimagined La Bayadère triumphs

Mark Vicente, 26th March

Dutch National Ballet's new production of La Bayadère does away with the ballet’s problematic gestures and movements, allowing the choreography to truly shine.

****1

Michel van der Aa’s Theory of Flames: defining opera for a modern age

Clare Varney, 6th March

British singers Mary Bevan and Roderick Williams lead the cast in Dutch National Opera’s latest ground-breaking opera, merging live music with pre-recorded film and electronics.

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Dutch National Ballet brings much needed heat to this winter season

Mark Vicente, 10th February

The Dutch National Ballet helped shake off those winter blues with a mixed programme that highlighted ballet’s love affair with Latin rhythms and movement.

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Malin Byström brilliert bei Isolde-Debüt in Amsterdam

Phillip Richter, 8th February

Die schwedische Sopranistin gibt ihr spannungsumwobenes Debüt als Isolde in Pierre Audis zeitloser Inszenierung.

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Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy

Mengguang Huang, 23rd January

Guth’s Semele turns myth into a contemporary domestic drama, where desire becomes obsession and illusion consumes reality. Handel’s music remains the true engine, driven by a thrilling, physically intense ensemble.

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Jenny Camilleri

After completing her postgraduate studies in psychology at the University of Toronto, Jenny moved to Amsterdam, where she enjoys singing in amateur choirs. She loves all genres of classical vocal music, especially nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian and German opera and art songs.